Intensive Care Medicine: Prepare for the FRCA
1. Cover image - p. 1 2. Title page - p. 2 3. Table of Contents - p. 3 4. Copyright - p. 5 5. Preface - p. 6 6. About the Anaesthesia and Intensive Care Medicine Journal and this e-book - p. 7 7. Assessments - p. 8 8. Section 1: Basic Principles - p. 9 9. Recognizing the critically ill patient - p. 10 10. Cardiopulmonary resuscitation and post-resuscitation care - p. 14 11. Management of the airway in intensive care - p. 17 12. Principles of artificial ventilation - p. 22 13. Ventilatory support in the intensive care unit - p. 29 14. Electrolyte disorders in the critically ill - p. 33 15. A simplified bedside approach to acid–base: fluid physiology utilizing classical and physicochemical approaches - p. 37 16. Shock: causes, initial assessment and investigations - p. 43 17. Sedation and delirium in the intensive care unit - p. 47 18. Nutritional support in the critically ill - p. 51 19. Care of the eye during anaesthesia and intensive care - p. 54 20. Eye signs in anaesthesia and intensive care medicine - p. 58 21. Haematological problems in intensive care - p. 60 22. Management of the poisoned patient - p. 65 23. Rehabilitation and critical illness - p. 68 24. Ethical issues in resuscitation and intensive care medicine - p. 71 25. Clinical information systems in the intensive care unit - p. 74 26. Section 2: Respiratory Disease - p. 76 27. Asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in the intensive care unit - p. 77 28. Acute respiratory distress syndrome - p. 82 29. Community-acquired pneumonia - p. 85 30. Pharmacological treatment of bacterial infections of the respiratory tract - p. 88 31. Section 3: Cardiac Disease - p. 92 32. Cardiac arrhythmias in the critically ill - p. 93 33. Ischaemic cardiogenic shock - p. 98 34. Management of pulmonary embolism - p. 102 35. Section 4: Renal Disease - p. 107 36. Acute kidney injury and the critically ill - p. 108 37. Renal failure and its treatment - p. 113 38. Section 5: Gastrointestinal Disorders - p. 119 39. Gastrointestinal problems in intensive care - p. 120 40. Anaesthetic assessment of patients with gastrointestinal problems - p. 125 41. Clinical aspects of hepatic disease - p. 130 42. Laboratory tests in liver failure - p. 133 43. Acute liver failure - p. 135 44. Acute pancreatitis: an intensive care perspective - p. 140 45. Section 6: Neurological Disorders - p. 145 46. Clinical approach to comatose patients - p. 146 47. Central nervous system infections in intensive care patients - p. 150 48. Management of status epilepticus - p. 154 49. Hypoxic–ischaemic brain injury following cardiac arrest - p. 156 50. Intensive care unit acquired weakness - p. 159 51. Acute management of stroke – I: ischaemic stroke - p. 162 52. Acute management of stroke – II: haemorrhagic stroke - p. 165 53. Therapeutic hypothermia for brain injury - p. 169 54. Section 7: Infectious Diseases - p. 172 55. Treatment of severe sepsis - p. 173 56. Anaesthesia and intensive care for patients with transmissible diseases - p. 177 57. Nosocomial infections in the intensive care unit - p. 182 58. Section 8: Organ Donation and Transplantation - p. 187 59. Organ donation and management of the potential organ donor - p. 188 60. Brain stem death - p. 193 61. Therapeutic issues in transplant patients - p. 196 62. Ethical issues in organ transplantation - p. 199
Intensive Care Medicine: Prepare for the FRCA
1. Cover image - p. 1 2. Title page - p. 2 3. Table of Contents - p. 3 4. Copyright - p. 5 5. Preface - p. 6 6. About the Anaesthesia and Intensive Care Medicine Journal and this e-book - p. 7 7. Assessments - p. 8 8. Section 1: Basic Principles - p. 9 9. Recognizing the critically ill patient - p. 10 10. Cardiopulmonary resuscitation and post-resuscitation care - p. 14 11. Management of the airway in intensive care - p. 17 12. Principles of artificial ventilation - p. 22 13. Ventilatory support in the intensive care unit - p. 29 14. Electrolyte disorders in the critically ill - p. 33 15. A simplified bedside approach to acid–base: fluid physiology utilizing classical and physicochemical approaches - p. 37 16. Shock: causes, initial assessment and investigations - p. 43 17. Sedation and delirium in the intensive care unit - p. 47 18. Nutritional support in the critically ill - p. 51 19. Care of the eye during anaesthesia and intensive care - p. 54 20. Eye signs in anaesthesia and intensive care medicine - p. 58 21. Haematological problems in intensive care - p. 60 22. Management of the poisoned patient - p. 65 23. Rehabilitation and critical illness - p. 68 24. Ethical issues in resuscitation and intensive care medicine - p. 71 25. Clinical information systems in the intensive care unit - p. 74 26. Section 2: Respiratory Disease - p. 76 27. Asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in the intensive care unit - p. 77 28. Acute respiratory distress syndrome - p. 82 29. Community-acquired pneumonia - p. 85 30. Pharmacological treatment of bacterial infections of the respiratory tract - p. 88 31. Section 3: Cardiac Disease - p. 92 32. Cardiac arrhythmias in the critically ill - p. 93 33. Ischaemic cardiogenic shock - p. 98 34. Management of pulmonary embolism - p. 102 35. Section 4: Renal Disease - p. 107 36. Acute kidney injury and the critically ill - p. 108 37. Renal failure and its treatment - p. 113 38. Section 5: Gastrointestinal Disorders - p. 119 39. Gastrointestinal problems in intensive care - p. 120 40. Anaesthetic assessment of patients with gastrointestinal problems - p. 125 41. Clinical aspects of hepatic disease - p. 130 42. Laboratory tests in liver failure - p. 133 43. Acute liver failure - p. 135 44. Acute pancreatitis: an intensive care perspective - p. 140 45. Section 6: Neurological Disorders - p. 145 46. Clinical approach to comatose patients - p. 146 47. Central nervous system infections in intensive care patients - p. 150 48. Management of status epilepticus - p. 154 49. Hypoxic–ischaemic brain injury following cardiac arrest - p. 156 50. Intensive care unit acquired weakness - p. 159 51. Acute management of stroke – I: ischaemic stroke - p. 162 52. Acute management of stroke – II: haemorrhagic stroke - p. 165 53. Therapeutic hypothermia for brain injury - p. 169 54. Section 7: Infectious Diseases - p. 172 55. Treatment of severe sepsis - p. 173 56. Anaesthesia and intensive care for patients with transmissible diseases - p. 177 57. Nosocomial infections in the intensive care unit - p. 182 58. Section 8: Organ Donation and Transplantation - p. 187 59. Organ donation and management of the potential organ donor - p. 188 60. Brain stem death - p. 193 61. Therapeutic issues in transplant patients - p. 196 62. Ethical issues in organ transplantation - p. 199
